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Gosang Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Gosang is a medium size village located in Kandi Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 319 families residing. The Gosang village has population of 1960 of which 977 are males while 983 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gosang village population of children with age 0-6 is 355 which makes up 18.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gosang village is 1006 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gosang as per census is 1113, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gosang village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gosang village was 61.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gosang Male literacy stands at 76.02 % while female literacy rate was 47.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gosang village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gosang village.

Gosang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 319 - -
Population 1,960 977 983
Child (0-6) 355 168 187
Schedule Caste 658 317 341
Schedule Tribe 4 1 3
Literacy 61.93 % 76.02 % 47.61 %
Total Workers 947 499 448
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 771 381 390

Caste Factor

Gosang village of Garhwa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.20 % of total population in Gosang village.

Work Profile

In Gosang village out of total population, 947 were engaged in work activities. 18.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 947 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.